Roller-mop



Patented Mar. 22, 1932 Unire STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORG-E H. HEERDT AND GEORGE W. E. MAR-EDEN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA' ROLLER-MOP Application filed December 15, 1930. Serial No. 502,396.

This invention relates to devices used in mopping floors and the like surfaces.

@ne of the objects of this invention is to provide a mop of simplified structure by which an endless mopping member can be exchangeably inserted; embodying a wringer by which such a member can be fully wrung out.

Another object is to provide such a mop with cushioning means for the mopping member adapted toserve also as a bumper by which a marring of furniture and other articles can be avoided.

Another object is to provide such a mop with a water drain.

` ily recognized and understood from the illustration.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the mop illustrated in Fig. 1.

As illustrated in the drawings, the frame i 3 is attached to the handle-stick 4, the frame 3 being comprised of two branches expanding outwardly and between the ends of which a bumper-block 5 is inserted, and securely held.

A bumper-pad 6 is applied over the larger front portion of the bumper-block with its end-edges 7 extending beyond any and all of the other parts of the mop structure in order to avoid a marring of furniture and other articles by the normally harder parts of the mop; while a mopping member, indicated in dotted lines at 8, may preferably be of less width than the mop-structure itself in order to facilitate a quick and easy insertion of the mopping member.

One roller 9 is turnably mounted by means of its shaft 10 within the frame 3. This roller is preferably provided with a crank 11 swingably or pivotally engaged as indicated at 12, whereby the crank can be swung out of the way when the mop is being used by being held tothe handle L by means of a clip 13 or in' any similar suitable manner.

Another roller 1-1 with its shaft 15 is removeably disposed in the frame 3, a notch 16 55" being for this purpose provided in one or both of the branches of the frame.

Yieldable means in form of a lever 17, pivotally mounted on the frame at 18, placed over each end of the shaft 15 serves to en- 002 gage with these ends of the shaft as indicated at 19, under the tension of the springs 20, thereby holding the roller 14 yieldably against the roller 9.

An endless mopping member can easily be 5i inserted between the rollers, by removing the roller 14 and the bumper-block 5 with its bumper-pad 6 from the frame, holding these pieces so that the endless member encircles them, and then replacing the roller and 703 bumper with the encircling member again to their operative positions in the frame.

After being dampened, a mopping member can easily be wrung out to a desired dryness by a turning of the roller 9 by means of the 75 crank 11, any water or other surplus moisture being caused to drip or run into the drain-channel 21,'provided below the rollers, and from which it may be discharged through the opening 22, provided at one end, into a 894' bucket or other utensil. The baffle plates indicated in dotted lines at 23 and 24 eX- tend upwardly from the edges of the channel to suitable points along the sides of the roller 9, to suitably catch any dripping moisture. '-J" Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In a wringer-mop, a frame, a. bumperblock disposed between the front ends of the frame, a bumper-pad disposed over the bumper-block and extending sidewise with its ends beyond the sides of the frame, a wringing-roller turnably disposed in the frame, a crank pivotally applied to the v wringing-roller, a second roller yi-eldingly W disposed in the frame, spring actuated levers pivotally mounted on the frame and bearing on the shaft-ends of the secondnamed roller for holding it yieldably in operative relation to the first-named roller, and a drip-pan sidewiseon kthe frame below the wringing roller roller.;A

when the whole device is held in horizontal position. Y Y

2. In a wringer-inop, a: handle, a, frame extending substantially in two branches from the handle having apertures and open slots,

a wringing-roller turnably disposed in sai-dV apertures 4ofL the frame between the said branches, 'an idling-roller With vshaft-ends turnablv andinovably disposed in said vslots ofthe ritme;k and levers pivotally mounted Y on the branches so as to bear sidewise on the n l' said shaft-*ends disposed in said slots and being under the tension of springs to yieldably hold theidIing-roller against the wringingf In testimony that We claim the foregoing esy our invention we have signed our naines.l

- GEORGE'H. HEERDT.V

' GEORGE W. E. MARSDEN. 

